Browse | Search | Lesson Plans | Products, consulting Training & workshops Purpose | History | Process | Acknowledgment | Reference List of Benchmarks for Visual Arts Standard 5. Understands the characteristics and merits of one's own artwork and the artwork of others   Level Pre-K (Grades Pre-K)     1.  Discusses and evaluates the intentions and meanings of his or her own artwork and the work of others   Level II (Grades K-4)     1.  Knows various purposes for creating works of visual art     2.  Knows how people’s experiences (e.g., cultural background, human needs) can influence the development of specific artworks     3.  Understands that specific artworks can elicit different responses   Level III (Grades 5-8)     1.  Distinguishes among multiple purposes for creating works of art     2.  Understands possible contemporary and historic meanings in specific artworks     3.  Understands how one’s own artworks, as well as artworks from various eras and cultures, may elicit a variety of responses   Level IV (Grades 9-12)     1.  Identifies intentions of those creating artworks     2.  Understands some of the implications of intention and purpose in particular works of art     3.  Knows how specific works are created and relate to historical and cultural contexts     4.  Understands how various interpretations can be used to understand and evaluate works of visual art

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